OLD TESTAMENT

Song of Songs 4:6

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Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense.

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Verse 6. Retire. In the morning, (Sanct.) or rather the bridegroom takes his leave early, promising to return in the evening. Calmet. 2:17. Calmet.—Myrrh. To Calvary, where the fervent will pour forth their prayers, and learn mortification. Calmet.—Christ dwells in mortified and devout minds.

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